Developer-authored JavaScript is definitely a problem. Third party scripts and pixels (for analytics and tracking), and bad ads seem to be significant issues as well. Thinking browser makers can help here.
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I'd stop harping on first-party code and focus on 3p code if I started seeing partners come to us with functional 1p experiences. Thus far, 1p is enough to sink you if you're doing "modern frontend development".
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You've been beating this drum for years, things haven't changed. It's a tough spot to be in, trying to get software developers to write less software. Hackers gonna hack.
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It's true that things don't have to continuously improve. Won't keep me from trying, tho.
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I mean software in general has kept up with consuming every win from moore's law for like 4 decades, so it seems like in general software developers are bad.
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The web has gone super-linear, tho. Our data shows we're getting worse faster than HW is improving. Also, in many segments, HW is not improving. Double-whammy, and JS bloat is the root cause.
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How do you see browsers changing dev behavior? Bigger sticks and carrots?
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i partially blame frameworks and build tools for this because it makes people expect things to be slow and complicated, but it really does feel like people are okay eating up as much performance headroom as you give them
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Some experiences only exist as web apps, but when I have a native app to compare with it's usually a joke. Discord's electron client uses 4x as much memory as a Qt discord client I use, and the latter one has <100ms response times, no random loading screens, launches real fast
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